ChaletOS 16.04 is Released, Looks Like Windows 7


ChaletOS is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Xubuntu and featuring the Xfce desktop. It provides a simple and intuitive desktop interface, modest hardware requirements and five years of security support. The name ChaletOS is derived from Swiss mountain houses whose concepts of simplicity, beauty and recognisability inspired the creation and design of ChaletOS.

Minimum system requirements for ChaletOS
The developers recommend installing the ChaletOS distribution on a computer with an 1GHz or higher processor, at least 256 MiB of RAM (512MiB recommended), at least 8 GB free disk space, and a monitor/video card capable of 1024x768 resolution.

Xfce desktop that looks like Windows 7
As mentioned, the distribution uses a highly customized graphical session built around the Xfce desktop environment, which means that it is lightweight and very responsive, and designed to look like a Windows 7 desktop. It comprises of a single panel (taskbar) located on the bottom edge of the screen, as well as a clock/calendar/system monitor widget on the desktop.

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